Come sail away with me – Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana to be released on Switch this summer

Today during the Nintendo Direct presentation, NIS America announced that it will bring Nihon Falcom’s Ys VIII: Larimosa of Dana to the Nintendo Switch this summer. The entry is the first brand-new Ys entry in eight years, and will carry the same great gameplay fans have loved from the series.

Ys returns with a brand-new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amidst this, Adol begins to dream of a mysterious blue-haired maiden living in an unknown world. Join Adol as he unravels the riddle of the cursed isle and the blue-haired maiden Dana in Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA.

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